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Spotlight & Interview: Children’s Author Samantha R. Vamos!
Welcome to a very special post featuring a spotlight on Samantha R. Vamos! Samantha is the author of children’s titles such as Alphabet Trucks, Alphabet Trains (illustrated by Ryan O’Rourke), Before You Were Here, Mi Amor (illustrated by Santiago Cohen), as well as The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred (illustrated by Rafael López), a… Read more
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Picks for Mother’s Day: Titles from Holman Wang and Lucy Cousins!
Mother’s Day is coming up this weekend, so what a perfect time to talk about two lovely and just-right-for-the-holiday children’s titles courtesy of my friends at Tundra Books, Candlewick Press and Penguin Random House Canada! If you’re interested in exploring more titles for Mother’s Day (and other family-focused titles), be sure to take a look… Read more
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Great Picture Books! (24)
Welcome to another round-up of recently read and recommended picture books! In no particular order, here are the titles: the superb The Patchwork Bike, by Australian writer and slam poet Maxine Beneba Clarke, with illustrations (acrylic on recycled cardboard- amazing) done by artist Van Thanh Rudd, this story touches on everything from the latitude of… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: You Are New & Hooray for Babies!
It’s baby time! Two delightful and sweet picture books featuring some pretty adorable babies on the review docket today, courtesy of my friends at Raincoast Books! “Hello, you! You are new.” First up is Lucy Knisley‘s vibrant You Are New, a standout rhyming picture book that highlights some of the wondrous new beginnings… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug & My Heart
Gently finding my way back into the world of reviewing, and doing so by talking about something dear to my heart: picture books! More specifically, picture book titles full of love and sincerity. In this post I will be featuring two beautiful new picture books: courtesy of my friends at Raincoast Books, Tiny T. Rex… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Circle by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen…and an appearance by a bear!
Review: Circle (Shapes Trilogy #3) created by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Candlewick Press/Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: March 5, 2019 by Candlewick Press Book Description: Multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling duo Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen deliver the final wry and resonant tale about Triangle, Square, and Circle.… Read more
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Great Picture Books! (23)
Welcome to another round-up of recently read and recommended picture books! In no particular order, here are the titles: let’s start with Grandma’s Tiny House: A Counting Story! by Janay Brown-Wood, illustrated Priscilla Burris, an adorable and vivacious counting story about friends and family coming over and filling up a grandma’s house to almost (!)… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Goodnight, Anne by Kallie George & Geneviève Godbout
Review: Goodnight, Anne (Inspired by Anne of Green Gables) by Kallie George, illus. Geneviève Godbout Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: September 25, 2018 by Tundra Books Book Description: A beautiful bedtime picture book based on the best-selling Anne of Green Gables, introducing the irrepressible and beloved Anne to… Read more
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Picture Book Review & Giveaway for Queenie Quail Can’t Keep Up!
Welcome to a special post featuring a review and giveaway for the lovely picture book Queenie Quail Can’t Keep Up, a collaboration from the Canadian duo of author Jane Whittingham and illustrator Emma Pederson! The author and Pajama Press are very kindly offering one Canadian reader a chance to win a copy of Queenie Quail… Read more
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Great Picture Books! (22)
Welcome to another round-up of recently read and recommended picture books! In no particular order, here are the titles: let’s start off with the deliciously screwball- and beautifully illustrated- That’s Not a Hippopotamus! by Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Sarah Davis, about a class trip to the zoo that goes awry when a hippopotamus goes missing… Read more
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